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Thursday, November 19, 2015

3 Luxury Winter Vacation Destinations

Towards the end of the winter months {aka after Christmas/New
Year’s} I am so ready for a change of scenery. Between the cold weather and the
sun making an early descent during the fall and winter months, things can
easily become a little mundane after the holiday season is over. Sometimes you
just need to take a trip, reflect, and get away from the grind of every day
life. Today Peter Minkoff was so kind to
guest post about three wonderful winter vacation spots.

With the winter approaching the excitement for the upcoming
season is getting bigger and bigger as we speak. Sure, we love the summer and
the hotness of it but winter is that time of year when all things come into
perspective and relaxation comes in as a must. The snow, the cabin, and the
wine it all adds up to a perfect combination of everything you’ve been mentally
preparing throughout the whole year. And if you are planning on vacationing
with someone you love – this is a perfect way to reward yourself!

Winter with a twist is what you should be getting this time
around! While the usual destinations are great and there is absolutely nothing
wrong with them, we feel its time mingled through your choices a bit and spiced
things up! For everyone who isn’t minding the budget and is putting his/her
comfort and excitement first, we are giving you some interesting and rather
unusual destinations to think about this winter and, hopefully, opt for one of
them.

Greenland

If you’ve got a handful of winter-destinations under your belt
and you think you’ve practically seen it all, think again! Greenland
offers a thrilling Arctic adventure with no boundaries that will blow your
mind!

Cold, full of wintery charisma and mystique, Greenland features
stunning landscapes, with glorious crags of ice rising up out of quiet waters.
Then, these tiny, colorful settlements appear as if of nowhere and you get so
blissfully lost in this remote place, a lot of which is still virtually
unknown. Talk about excitement!

Wooden kennels are sprawled across the snow resembling a mini
village; the atmosphere is film-like, with some of the kennels absolutely
silent and empty while others are noisy with the snarls and barks of the
working dogs they house. If you find locals willing to give you a tour, expect
a pack of dogs gathered to go for fishing and hunting adventure with you!

Australia

The down under beauty wouldn’t be anyone’s first winder choice.
Sunny, exotic and still virtually unexplored, Australia always seems like a
destination you’d pick for hot summer days and warm summer nights. However,
Australia is so magnificent that it can offer you a wonderful time even during
cold, winter days. Depending on your likes, locals would recommend snorkeling
and diving in the mild waters of Queensland’s Great Barrier
Reef, or snowboarding down Victoria’s powdered slopes. If you go
around Christmas time, heading to the Blue Mountains for Christmas festivities
is the best thing to do! Oh, and guess what – for everyone who is looking to
combine the gorgeous and useful and do a little nip/tuck action, Australia is
famous for high quality surgery; all the new trends in corrective surgery
starting with lip fillers over herbal botox injections to non surgical
nose jobs procedures are what you can easily get while vacationing
in this gorgeous country!

California

Don’t you think it’s a bit too soon to role your eyes at the
mention of California
for the winter? You’d be surprised what all California has to offer, starting
with the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park!
If you are in the mood to experience a distinctly Anglican understanding of a
space and seemingly go back in time for a bit, celestial stained-glass windows,
the high ceilings, stenciled beams, stone fireplaces and hand-woven tapestries
of the Ahwahnee Hotel will take you straight there! This gorgeous place was built
in 1927. What adds to its mystique and magic is its historic value, sort of -
tons of stone and timber were hauled across perfidious mountain roads to
provide an abode where visitors will be able to truly appreciate the most
iconic views of this resort: Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and Glacier Point.